National Capital Region
Washington, DC
Government and program engagement
The customer conversation happens here: capability summaries, contracting pathways, and the program offices that audit the documentation FORGE delivers. Government business development is based in the metro; the hardware stays in Colorado.
- Metro employment
- 3.47 million
Washington metropolitan area, July 2026, not seasonally adjusted.
- Metro unemployment rate
- 4.0 %
Washington metropolitan area, July 2026.
- Nearest major airport
- 5 km straight-line
Reagan National; Dulles is 42 km.
- What is here
- Government business development and program engagement: the people who carry the capability summary into the building and bring the requirement back.
Roles in business development, program management, and government affairs.
- Metro employment
- 3,473,856
July 2026, not seasonally adjusted.
Local area unemployment statistics, series LAUMT114790000000006 (July 2026) - Metro unemployment rate
- 4.0 %
July 2026.
Local area unemployment statistics, series LAUMT114790000000003 (July 2026) - Stakeholders
- The civil space agency's headquarters, the defense and intelligence space organizations, the research laboratories, and the prime contractors' corporate headquarters are within the metro.
Named below, for geography only.
Neighbors
Who else works here.
Who else works in the region, named for geography only. No relationship with any of them is claimed.
- AgencyNASA HeadquartersWashington
- AgencyThe Pentagon, Department of the Air Force and Space Force headquartersArlington
- LaboratoryNaval Research LaboratoryWashington
- AgencyDARPAArlington
- AgencyNational Reconnaissance OfficeChantilly
- LaboratoryGoddard Space Flight CenterGreenbelt
- LaboratoryJohns Hopkins Applied Physics LaboratoryLaurel
- Prime contractorLockheed Martin headquartersBethesda
- Prime contractorNorthrop Grumman headquartersFalls Church
- Prime contractorBoeing headquartersArlington
- Prime contractorLeidosReston
- SatellitesIntelsatMcLean
- SatellitesIridiumMcLean
Neighbors are named for geography only. No customer, partner, supplier, or membership relationship with any organization on these pages is claimed. Distances are straight-line from published coordinates.
Sources · Reviewed 2026-09-15
Where the numbers come from.
- Local area unemployment statistics, series LAUMT114790000000006 (July 2026)
- Local area unemployment statistics, series LAUMT114790000000003 (July 2026)
- Coordinates for the chart: public gazetteer entries for each named place. Earth radius: the constants table on the tools page.
Work from here.
Hardware, test, and integration roles are on-site in Colorado. Government business development is based in the Washington metro. Every opening says which.